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Notice of Morchella semilihera. By Miss Hunter, Spring; 

 Hill, Coldstream. 



This rare fungus was found in May, at Spring Hill, in 

 great abundance, near a wood, but growing on the earth in 

 the kitchen garden, which was separated from the Avood by 

 a hedge. Tn its brittleness it differs from Morchella esculenta, 

 a specimen of which, found in May 1866 by the Hon. James 

 Home, remains in a tough leathery state. 



(Mr. Jerdon records the M. semilihera from thickets by 

 the Jed, in the Proceedings of the club, vol. V., p. 36). 



THE CHEYIOTS. 



Their Geographical Range — Physical Features — 3£ineral 

 Characters — Relatio7i to Stratified Rocks — Origin — Age — 

 Botanical Peculiarities. Read at the Meeting at Duns- 

 dale, July, 1867, by George Tate, F.G.S. 



Meeting this day in one of the deep picturesque valleys 

 among the Cheviot hills, it may be of some interest to lay 

 before the club the result of many explorations of this moun- 

 tain range, with the view of shewing what are its physical 

 features, its mineral characters, its relation to stratified rocks, 

 its origin and age, and its botanical peculiarities. 



On the more important archaeological remains among these 

 hills, papers have been printed in our Proceedings,* yet, this 

 subject is far from being exhausted ; and a list has been given 

 of the more remarkable plants growing upon them ; f but little 

 has appeared respecting their geology. Winch briefly notices 

 their mineral character;:}: Professor Nichol describes the 

 rocks forming them in Roxburghshire ; § but a more extended 

 account appears in an able memoir by Mr. D. Milne Home 

 on the geology of Roxburghshire, printed in 1843 and 1843 

 in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Scotland. || 



Geographical Eange and Physical Eeatures. 

 The name of the principal mountain is applied to the whole 

 range of the Cheviot hills, which form part of the Border 

 land in Northumberland and Roxburghshire, and extend 



* Vol. IV., p. 431-453 and p. 293-316. 



t Vol. v., p. 179-181. 



X Trans. Geo. Soc, IV., 1817. 



§ Trans. High, and Agri. Soc. of Scotland, 184.5. 



il Trans. Royal Soc. of Edin., XV., part 3, 1843. 



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